Table 4. Association between BMI and having ‘at least one cardiometabolic condition’.

		At least 1 CardiometabolicCondition(referent = normal-weightBMI category in eachethnic group)		At least oneCardiometabolicCondition(referent = normal-weight South Asians)
Self-reported Ethnicity	BMICategory	OR* (95% CI)		OR* (95% Confidence Interval)
Chinese	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		0.41		(0.24–0.69)
	23–<27.5	3.63	(2.34–5.63)		1.27		(0.9–1.81)
	≥27.5	8.9	(3.6–22.01)		3.05		(1.21–7.67)
South Asian	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		1.00 (referent)
	23–<27.5	1.74	(1.23–2.46)		1.79		(1.18–2.71)
	≥27.5	3.37	(2.02–5.65)		3.55		(2.26–5.59)
Filipino	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		1.33		(0.76–2.33)
	23–<27.5	2.12	(0.98–4.58)		2.59		(1.5–4.46)
	≥27.5	2.39	(1.27–4.47)		3.26		(2.18–4.89)
Southeast Asian	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		1.02		(0.5–2.09)
	23–<27.5	0.87	(0.51–1.5)		0.9		(0.42–1.9)
	≥27.5	3.38	(1.4–8.16)		2.5		(0.56–11.16)
Arab	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		0.67		(0.25–1.85)
	23–<27.5	0.97	(0.34–2.79)		0.58		(0.37–0.91)
	≥27.5	2.32	(0.97–5.55)		1.5		(0.88–2.55)
West Asian	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		0.96		(0.28–3.31)
	23–<27.5	1.21	(0.16–9.08)		1.47		(0.67–3.24)
	≥27.5	1.32	(0.15–11.67)		2.75		(1.26–6.01)
Japanese	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		0.53		(0.13–2.18)
	23–<27.5	0.86	(0.13–5.79)		0.49		(0.16–1.52)
	≥27.5	1.72	(0.06–48.39)		2.15		(0.18–25.95)
Korean	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)		0.84		(0.39–1.77)
	23–<27.5	2.04	(0.9–4.62)		1.49		(0.79–2.83)
	≥27.5	3.15	(1.36–7.33)		3.17		(1.04–9.67)
Asians Overall	18.5–<23	1.00 (referent)
	23–<27.5	2.09	(1.55–2.82)
	≥27.5	4.16	(3–5.78)

*Adjusted for demographic (age, sex, marital status, stress level, smoking, alcohol, household education level, household income quartile, English proficiency, immigrant status, age at immigration, length of time since immigration, urban/rural), and lifestyle (sedentary time, daily energy expenditure, daily fruit and vegetable consumption) variables.